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Say You're One of Them
Uwem Akpan
Man! I was not expecting to get hit so hard when I picked up this book. I'm not sure what I was expecting; but, whatever it was it wasn't this. I only read this book because it was on my bookshelf. It was actually my wife's book and I just put it on my reading list because we owned it. Some of the stories in this collection of stories were very, very difficult to read. Akpan wrote poignant and brutal depictions of Africa. I would recommend this highly as it is excellent writing. However it is not a light subject matter nor is it hiding behind some metaphoric apparatus. It depicts brutal events as they are.
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